Reflecting safety device



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length oilsv `iatv metal bar ",liim'ringia,Asubstantially'fstraightportio, i. the terminalend of., f which is turnedlaterallytgto form 'a fasteninglirlngv f1 @,Zffand theilfotherfendoifzizhestraightportiorniQ1 j.

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howjlngj same detached `firom 'thef pedall and look- Sing inari'ou'tward direction.,

` jFigdre'krisiairont'elevational vie-Woifjthe'de-V vice lookii 1g.in`thefdirectionv4 of the arrow, Fig- 5 s 155 A @meuse `mr bicycles' ontnenighwai' 'aftery dagk itext're'mely desirable to provide aidependabieIon/n oi;signaidevicewhich,wil1 warn approaching-motoristsof'theypresence of a'cycleion the highway fand various proposals `havebeen `made devmegtwhich may he supported in such a. manner fongitheybicycle pedal that it fwill present an i f" eiiectivev`inovingr;isigual`whichy will not t be` ob- `15structedinjantpwayby thepresence oi' the cy- .l yclistY zfootnon theipedal and which wil beade-vx nateiyj protectei'against damage."

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"tratedg-"a preferred liorm. of myvenvention show?- 50 ingthe!manneriii/#which the same moitiel at' lj tached to aconventionalbicycle pedal A'inca very tive I 'spportingbracket indicatedin lgeneral 1 by] thevletternwhichirshownmade ot iai-,single y eeievunal :viewer the device' The.` d vice herein yckecuinipriseli:laprotecl----...'.I,hevluacsl #and @'andlalsuthefluso; 2 projectvbeyofndthe regt, surfacefof theireectoi" elel'rient eti's'needreln.boufthe peripheryf hereof andservet' protect same'against damage.l 30*VA smalierfreiector element D lsgher shown sei curedto the straightportion `8 of the bracket ,by means of a bolt'Ai/ and nut Il and it willbe noted` 1 v that this Ire'ectorfoasweil as the reflector C is'supported 'in' inwardly oiset'relation to the for-f;v 35` wardandrearwaidsurface extremities ofV the 5 pedal A,`vso .that they willbeless likely tocome f into damaging .contact with objects than ifthey', c projected beyond the pedalin the fore and aity4b`inthis?,connectionffrom time to time and the]v resentvzinventionproposes an improved form ot direction.

' `on reference, @Figure 'aitiwul bfnotedtnatm "f the attachment .lugs`2and 2.'. have horizontallyelong'atedvslots |21 and vin attaching thedevice'iio f va. standard pedal it' isonly necessary to loosen the .nutsyI3 vof the' pedal assembly l.and-by remov.- 45

ing same the bolts I4 of -thepedal'structure 'arey f f entered Tin. theelongated slots kl2 and the nutsy n again tightened into place to'securelyclampi thedevi'ce tor the pedal, the elongatediormation oftheslots izproviding for variation in thedis 5o ktoncesbetween theboltsy'ilkfof vvarious types ,end

`sizes'o'f pedals; f y Y," g

Vlv It will yalso be observedon reference to Figure g- .j 2 that thedevicefisso proportioned that the' pre- Y ponderance o! -weight isdisposed at one side ofl '55T Vvide a warning signal. I

the pedal axis, here shown on the side on which the larger rear reectorC is arranged, so that that when the feet -of a cyclist are applied tothe pedals with a natural forward movement, the pedals will be rotated aquarter revolution, bringing the reector C into the `proper relation toproject a.,refiected warning signal the cycle. Y i

It will bereadily appreciated that while I lhave shown and described aspeciilc structure tor carrying my invention into practice, manyvariations may bemade without departingvfromV the essential spirit ofthe invention, `which ,isto provide a device which may be quicklyattached to the outward end of the existing pedal structure to pro- WhatI claim as my invention is:

l. A reflecting safety device for attachment to the outer end of4 acycle pedal `comprising `in combination abracket havingspaced lugsdisposed in a common plane and adapted to overlap the ,outer end of thepedal and be secured thereto at opposite sides lof the pedal axle, `saidbracket extending in substantially rightv angular relation Vto saidplane and terminating at ,the outward end in a protective guard, andapair of reectors mounted on said Vbracket in` substantially parallelplanes disposed substantiallyin-right-angular relation to the plane ofdispositionA of said lugs and facing in opposite directions to provide afore and ait reilective signal when the device is in mounted position ona pedal, -said reilectors being conined between'the plane of dispositionot said attachment lugs and the outer guard extremity of the bracketwith the said guard extremity projecting beyond the extremity oi.' thereflectors farthest from said spaced lugs to protect said reflectorsfrom damage.

2. VAisiatiety ysignal devicefor attachment to the outer end of a cyclepedal, comprising a bracket, means on said bracket adapted to cooperatewiththev pedal structure to support the bracket in a projecting positionbeyond the outer end of the pedal, said bracket having a series oflaterally` projecting protective `lugs disposed about a common centreand adapted when the bracket is in to the rear of mounted position onthe pedal project rear- Y protectivelugs and the reflector -is securedthereto at their point of crossing.

4. `A safety signal device for attachment to the outer end Vof a cyclepedal comprising, a single strip of metal doubled upon itselfintermediate of its length toform a `protective guard lug adapted toproject in theiore and ait direction when the device is in mountedposition on a pedal. one portion of said strip `being bent abruptlylaterally to extend substantially paralleltc the pedalaxis when thedevice is mounted,` the other portion of the doubled strlp-'being'zbentfora portion Vofy its 'length into divergent relation to the' vaforesaidparallel portion to form 'a vprotective `guard and having'aportion thereof'adjacent the end arranged'substantially parallel withthe `ilrstmentioned parallel portion.,` lsaio'zlz respective porbesecured' to the pedal structureto-suppcrt the device in a positionprojecting'well beyond the outer end thereof, said parallel portionsforming supports forforeand aft-reilectors respectively,

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@tions terminating in attachmentlugs adapted ta f and fore and aftreflectors secured respectively to and-supported by saidparallel',po`rtions insubstantially parallel planes, said guard lugbeing po- `sitioned beyond the edge farthest troni the fatta'chment lugsof. the reflector carried by the A first-mentioned portion of said metalstrip.

`5.` A safety signal `as claimed in lc'laiingi `inwhich paired guardlugs connected iivithvarfid` lsupported by said first-mentioned parallelportion are arranged in spaeedrelation to saidguardlug and theattachment` lug of the first-mentioned portion to project respectivelybelowA and above the lower and upper extremities ofthejrefiector'mounted on said rst-mentioned portion when `the device isin normal position. 4

PERCY GIEZLDER..4

